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June 2026
May 2026
April 2026
- OpenAI growth concerns trigger selloff in AI infrastructure stocks
- Oracle closes $16.3 billion data centre financing, largest single-facility tech debt package ever
- SoftBank to build battery factory at former Sharp plant for AI data centres
- SoftBank and Intel's ZAM memory project wins Japanese government subsidy
- SoftBank seeks $10B margin loan against OpenAI stake
- Japanese TV Shopping Company Quadruples VC Fund to $200M After Early AI Bets Pay Off
- Caterpillar acquires assets of autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor
- Iran threatens 'complete and utter annihilation' of OpenAI's $30B Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi
- Related Digital Closes In on $16 Billion Financing for Oracle's Stargate Data Center in Michigan
March 2026
- OpenAI Closes $122 Billion Funding Round at $852 Billion Valuation, Raises $3 Billion From Retail Investors
- SoftBank executes $40B bridge facility agreement for OpenAI follow-on investment
- SoftBank secures $40 billion bridge loan to fund further OpenAI investment
- SoftBank Warns New OpenAI Commitment Could Push Its Debt Ratio Past Self-Imposed Ceiling
- Agile Robots becomes the latest robotics company to partner with Google DeepMind
- Kandou AI raises $225 million from SoftBank, Synopsys, and Maverick Silicon for AI chip development
- Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund
- DOE and SoftBank partner to build 10-gigawatt data center with dedicated power in Ohio
- OpenAI restructures Stargate with new leaders, three compute tracks